Chapter 3: Attention Gatherer -- Encourages Curiosity (Partial)

We have often underestimate the power of human senses towards social community, perhaps it was taken too personally that we consciously neglects it's influence to the people or things, and even spaces other than ourselves. Despite the external factors that happens to be influential, one's senses and feelings are the fundamental elements of cause to almost everything in the study of sociology. [Establish the statement] 

Inevitably, the key issues to be tackle by the planner of the city, whether of architects or designers, is to be empathetic towards people. It is crucial for the planners to understand and be involve, in the living circle of the users whom they are designing for, to ensure the feasibility and adaptability of the people respecting the design. Introspecting from the idea of utopianism established by modern socialist in the 19 century, it was an idea to bring forward the community at the time towards an desirable and perfect living in the future, but it failed miserably. [Include images and evidence of the failure of Utopia] The factor that leads to the failures are predominantly caused by the inability of the idea to possess the living of people at the time, rather than the structure of the planning itself. Even a few century after as we are now, futurism and open-minded, people are never be able to detached from the originality, abandon the root of living and caused.

History, as important as it seems for a person, are even more significance for a city, it carries identities and stories, bridge between the past and the future. People would be curious about the provenance of a city as how we question our origins, as it opens up a platform for understanding of a person or place without hindrance. Undoubtedly, architecture has an essential obligation in this aspect. The heritage city in Malaysia would be a notable example of such statement. George Town, Penang and Malacca, awarded as UNESCO world heritage site few years back, has strive to preserve it's architectural and cultural heritage, the strong identity and nostalgic elements became an attraction that draws people towards the city. The sense of belonging, feeling of honorableness express by the citizens, the historical meaning and the depth of the city has encourage the sense of curiosity of people to want to find out more, the ability to still people, has make the city glow. [Include images and studies on George Town/ Malacca]

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Human body are made up of senses, it was the sense of feelings which triggered through our stimuli that allows us to perceive and create memories. It wasn't the sun but the warmth that made us feel, it wasn't the light but the hope that excites us, it wasn't the breeze but the chill that comfort us, we favor a thing, a person or a place upon the experience that made us feel.